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EARTH AND SKY

 

Eyes are open, sun is shining

            Time to start my day

Nothing seems to interest me

            How will I fill Sunday

 

The weather’s fine, I feel good

            But heavy hangs the air

Count the days ‘till I go home

            Kiss your face so fair

 

The silence is quite deafening

            Dares me to enjoy

This is tough assignment

            Resources redeploy

 

Clean the house, file my papers

            Exercise and stuff

Make my breakfast, take a walk

            I hope it is enough

 

Stay away from crowded places

Where families convene

Avoid the lovers holding hands

            Get lonely in these scenes

 

Likely is by middle day

            Boredom will set in

Perhaps I’ll write some poetry

            Get lost inside, within

 

Life is now a sign wave, either

            Top or valley low

Happy when I’m with you

            Sad when I must go

 

Anticipating pleasure or

            Dreading time to leave

A life I couldn’t ever have

            Begun to be conceived

 

I know it all will turn out to

            Be fine as I progress

But the valleys are quite difficult

            Of that I must confess

 

In the end the thing that helps

            On which I can rely

Is friend and lover by my side

            You are my earth and sky

 

 

 

SUNLIGHT ON MY BED

 

Lying here atop the covers

            Your vision in my head

Streaming in my window, sunlight

Plays across my bed

 

 

Streaks of light like soft caresses

            Warm me where they fall

Smile is coming to my lips

            Your message my name called

 

Reach my arms out to the sun

Roll and twist and stretch

Reposition my whole body

            More sunlight I can catch

 

Makes me happy, feel your spirit

            You are loving me

Sunlight does your bidding grandly

            With me you get to be

 

Arch my back, close my eyes

            Upturn my face to sun

The search for ways to bring us closer

            Never will be done

 

From the inside of my eyelids

            Red heavens I do see

The beach a place I do remember

            Is coming back to me

 

Lying in the sunlight, whether

            Beach or on the bed

I can travel any where

            Conceived within my head

 

The warmth can disconnect me from

            All earthly bonds and ties

Wherever in the world you are

            My heart directly flies

 

The bed was for an instant, magic

            Carpet in my mind

The sun brought me your energy

            Of your love it did remind

 

And now the sun has moved, rays

            Of warmth no longer there

The bed another lonely place

            To miss your body fair

 

But still it was a moment of

            Beauty like no other

Unique between two souls in love

            As we continue to discover 

 

 

 

DISTANCE

 

Up above the clouds I soar

            My lover fills my mind

I contemplate our specialness

            All the ways that it does bind

 

As I race around the globe

            The distance never varies

From me to where my lover is

            For my thoughts of her to carry

 

A thousand miles or more is

            Barely out of sight

Time and space are of our making

            At any distance we unite

 

Energy between us holds

            A constant open line

We can always be together

            Make our hearts to intertwine

 

Separation isn’t easy

            But we are not alone

Inside we carry each the other

Deeply feel the peace, of home  

 

 

 

MY HUNGER

 

My hunger for you grows at night

            When to sleep I go

Darkness having replaced the light

 

Dreams of you my heart employs

            When sleep I do

Silence having replaced the noise

 

You keep me company all the night

            When loving you

Dreams having replaced true sight

 

You leave me in the morning light

            When I awaken

Golden sun having replaced the night

 

 

 

FABRIC OF EXISTENCE

 

The grass is green, birds chirp and sing

            The mountains are majestic

The breeze is soft, blows through my mind

            Arouses things eclectic

 

I am calm, but not complete

            A vital piece is missing

My love is far from me today

            Need for her insisting

 

We two are woven into one

            Fabric of existence

Loose threads are we until we’re tied

Strength gained combining difference

 

We are much more then one plus one

            An eagle and a dove

Which is each is hard to tell

            Dictated by our love

 

If need require we can be

            A gladiator pair

Ferocious or uplifting

            Follow voices in the air

 

Together we’re a fortress

            Filled with light and music fair

A place we guard with zealousness

            Where each of us repair      

 

 

 

WHAT IS LOVE?

 

What is love? I am to ponder

            Why does it make me free?

My mind can see forever

            No sunset waits for me

 

There is no end in sight perceived    

            Just what is next to be

A series of adventures now

            Bestowed like gifts on me

 

Optimism reigns supreme

            “I can’t” does not exist

Some thing indeed has changed in me

            Prior thinking I desist

 

Is it science? is it magic?

Manifested in the physical

Is it real or just imagined?

            Result is truly mystical

 

In the end it matters not

            The cause of the effect

Not knowing all the reasons will not

            Cause me to defect

 

From a state of constant bliss

            And a freedom much too rare

To consider for an instant

            Not living as a pair

 

My life has been extended

At least it feels as so           

My love is giving fountain

            Gives me life, as one we flow

 

 

 

WHY DO I LOVE YOU?

 

Why do I love you?

            Let me try to say

Describe the way I’m feeling

            Set it down now, if I may

 

When I am in your arms and feel

The warmth of your embrace

For me there’s more than comfort in

            That very special place

 

There is a deep connection, a

            Safety all around

A feeling of completeness, doors

Are closed and walls surround

 

When we are close together perhaps

Just holding hands

We’ve moved into another world

            Free of life’s demands

 

No urgency exists that could

Distract us from our view

Through reasoning and talk we always

            Do what we must do

 

No matter what the problem is

            The other’s paramount

There is no test of ego here

            Who’s right we never count

 

We always keep in mind the reason

            We have come together

Protect the love between us that

            Has always been our tether

 

No matter what the needs I have

            What ever life prescribes

You have a way of giving me

            The wave on which I ride

 

You make me feel that I am king

            A virile manly man

You give me strength to face each day

            Confident in my plan

 

You play within the mind of me

            At self you help me laugh

Anticipate my many moods

            When I’m myself, but half

 

In every way you’re parallel

            Another part of me

But still yourself, for me to love

            Unique and wholly free

           

 

 

OF ALL THE THINGS IN MY LIFE

 

Of all the things in my life, you are the most valuable

Because you help me to be more of who I am

Because you see more in me than I do

Because in your eyes I see love

And the future

 

Of all the things in my life, you are the most important

Because you give me yourself

Because you demand honesty with myself

Because you are my loving mirror

The better for me to see

 

Of all the things in my life, you are the most necessary

Because the color and taste of the world dim without your sharing

Because emptiness grows in your absence

Because in your love I find myself

And breathe easier

 

Of all the things in my life, you are not one thing only

But a spirit that fills me

A challenge that moves me

A love that inspires me

A universe that surrounds me

You are… all the things of my life

 

 

 

REFLECTIONS ON US

 

Nothing ever felt so comfortable

            Or flowed along so right

I haven’t had a stressful moment

            Or a single sleepless night

 

Worry’s not a thing I do

            If it concerns us two

We just are, and it is perfect

            Nothing ever was more true

 

 

 

A GUIDING HAND

 

The house is quiet, I am alone

            I do my work, quite near the phone

Outside the many, birds converse

            Sunny day the Gods disburse

 

I need no one for company

            I am just fine to be with me

But this is temporarily

            Until my love my eyes do see

 

When she is gone her presence stays

            Manifests in many ways

“Alone” does not the truth convey

            Just actual touch has gone away

 

But she is here there is no doubt

            From all around her love does shout

I am embraced I’m not alone

            Can almost smell her own cologne

 

We are together, it is our fate

            It has been willed we should relate

A guiding hand made us a pair

            Accomplished what we wouldn’t dare

             

 

 

CALM AND QUIET LOVE

 

In this book I wax poetic

            Set down occurring thought

What ever comes into my head

            The rambling rhymes I’ve caught

 

These pages are a gift to me

            Of and by my love

Support from her is always there

            She helps me rise above

 

And go beyond what I can see

            To places I can find

The glorious possibilities

            I create within my mind

 

She fills my life with smiles and laughter

            And never ending care

Surrounds me with a veil of sunlight

            Gives me feelings that are rare

 

I think about my life before

            It seems so far away

I was another person then

            Obliged, my dues to pay

 

But then into my life came love

            So different it amazed

Destroyed the truths that I had known

            Initially left me dazed

 

Calm and quiet, safe secure

            A hot house for my mind

Seeds buried deep inside

            Grew love of a different kind

 

Life became adventure, no

            Task could faze me now

No longer dazed my spirit grew

            New standard did allow

 

What was a state impossible

            Is the norm today

What might the future bring to me?

            What I dare to dream, I say 

 

 

 

HOW DO WE MAKE IT LAST?

 

Love has come and made us whole

            Brought joy for our repast

We bathe ourselves in newfound bliss

            How do we make it last?

 

The rule is simple I can see

            Think not of I, but we

Treat the other like new friend

            This is part the key

 

Tend your lover carefully

            Like a flower in the earth

Attention is a must for life

            Celebrate its worth

 

Every day search for new

            Facets of your love

Look with more than eyes to find

            Perspectives new found of

 

The way she walks or looks at you

            Things you’ve seen before

See them as a stranger might

            Imagine what’s in store

 

Hear his voice behind your ear

            Feel his beard so rough

Ponder where his hands might be

            Until it’s not enough

 

Value every courtesy

            As gift, and not your right

Give because you want to give

            Take to get delight

 

Love is not a thing to win

            A self igniting fire

You must feed it fuel today

            Or tomorrow will be dire

 

It is born anew each day

            Each sunrise opportunes

Give your heart and soul to it

            It will live for many moons

 

Know that love will live as long

            As nurturing will be there

The garden of your happiness

            Can’t grow if you don’t care

 

Remember how you got to here

            The values you discerned

They still deserve your reverence

            Give honor to what’s earned

 

Happiness comes not by chance

            But opportunity may

Give the love you want to get

            Make a home, and it will stay

 

 

 

ALL THAT YOU SEE

 

In the rose outside your window

            See the softness of my smile

In the Turbulence of a storm

            See my passion, in your style

In the heat of the summer

See my love keeps you warm

In the cold of the winter

            See the chills that are our norm

In the strength of a tree

            See the life we will build

Flexible and strong

            The way we are willed

In the rain of the spring

See the nourishment I bring

In the song of the birds

            See your praises I sing

In all that exists

            See my love for you lives

In all that you see…

            My loves adjectives

           

 

 

ETERNALLY

 

I’m not alone nor ever will be

Soul mate met and bonded, thrills me

We are one though separate lives be

Joyful partners, we have found key

 

Ever hopeful life will still be

Fresh and bright, new facets yet see

Present here she does complete me

One we’ll stay beyond our frailty

 

When we’ve passed beyond this coil

When bodies lie interred in soil

When life we’ve shed for vision royal

Loving still will be our toil

 

What we found is that we met

In spirit, not in body set

So we will live beyond the clothes

Prevents mere mortals, their souls expose

 

The lesson learned is plain to me

Look beyond what you can see

Spirits joined could set you free

Give you love eternally

 

 

 

MOVING

 

Time has come to move my home

            No plans for where to go

It’s kind of strange to be without

            A place myself to stow

 

It all makes sense, begin anew

            See what’s next in store

At the very least I know

For me it will not bore

 

But as I plan to make the move

            Reviewing things I’ve brought

Learn again the lessons carried

            In the things I’ve bought

 

A painting of a Paris street

            Made in old Montmarte

From a marriage long ago

            Before it broke apart

 

A dancer doing daily moves

            In bronze forever cast

From Bermuda’s pastel shores

            My trip before the mast

 

Indian lovers lost in dream

            Bought when I had little

Carry me back to harder times

            My substance it did whittle

 

Pottery from Cambria

            California by the sea

A gift of love from ‘lizabeth

            With whom I make a we

 

Wood a thousand years or more

            Getting petrified

Stones and rocks and memories

            Liz picked as we did ride

 

A Painting from my sister shows

            Her very private place

A sharing of the deepest kind

            The soul behind the face

 

Maori wood, Aborigine

            Black Opal from down under

Gifts for one I love so much

            No one can put asunder

 

Pictures of my parents when

            They were young and married

Love’s light in the eyes of both

            Which through their life they carried

 

Every where in every corner

            My life is surely written

And on my hand a ring of gold

            Proof that I’ve been smitten

 

I will take these things with me

            No matter where I go

And make each house into a home

            love will make it so

 

 

 

 

OUR SECRET

 

The strangeness of my bed, alone

            The distance felt from you, at home

The things I miss of you, bemoan

            Keep me awake with thoughts that roam

 

To times together bonded so

            One mind one soul to ever go

Though flesh is split and distance grow

            Together we, our rows will hoe

 

Our secret is our separateness

            That lives combined in one that’s us

The strength to be, when challenged thus

            For us is given, born of trust

 

Near or far, it matters not

            Our passions burn, remain quite hot

The ties that bind us, not forgot

            As love sustains through life’s grand plot

 

 

 

LITTLE KISSES

 

Little kisses on my shoulder

            Softly bring the day

Eyes not open, sleep still present

            A feeling words can’t say

 

Light and shadows from the window

            Dance across the bed

Anticipation fills my mind now

            I know I’m being led

 

Passion rising warmth surrounds me

            Loving does begin

Gently I have crossed the chasm

            From the dreams where I have been

 

Quiet kisses, playful touches

            Comfort found supreme

Sanctuary wrapped together

            For forever it does seem

 

The dance of waking, undirected

            Slowly picks up speed

Each contributes subtle changes

            As the fire of love we feed

 

Suddenly the sun is shining

            At the mountain top are we

Basking in loves afterglow

Day is born, in ecstasy

 

 

 

IN AN INSTANT

 

Eye contact, held too long

            A handshake more than warm

These things become the inference of

            The coming inner storm

 

In time allotted less than small

            The tide of lives can turn

Unexpected, unprepared

            One feels the passion burn

 

Or passes by unaware

            An opportunity ripe

Undercurrent quiet… there…

            Deterred by stereotype

 

Like Atoms whirling on their way

            Millions pass each other

Occasionally two collide

            Change the world for one another

 

OOPS

 

Yesterday came and went

Without a single word

Creativity, abandoned me

Like a winged bird

 

The poem that I promised you

Didn’t come of age

And I am left unfilled again

Mastered by the page